MacRory Cup

MacRory Cup
Founded 1923
Trophy MacRory Cup
Title holders St Colman's College, Newry (19th title)
Most titles St Colman's College, Newry (19 titles)
Sponsors BT Group

The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster. It is staged every year with the stipulation that players must be under eighteen-and-a-half at the start of the tournament (that is, be under eighteen at the start of the school year). The holders advance to the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship, where they compete for the Hogan Cup.

The tournament has a long, and prestigious history, from when it started in 1925. Many of the biggest names in Ulster Football graduated from playing for their school in the MacRory Cup, such as Stephen O'Neill for CBS Omagh and Oisin McConville for St Patrick's Grammar School Armagh. Dermot McNicholl played in 4 MacRory Cup finals in the early 1980s with St. Patrick's College, Maghera

The competition begins with a round-robin tournament consisting of two groups of six teams, and the top four from each group go through to the knockout stages.

The final is held every year on St. Patrick's Day, and along with the Ulster Schools Cup Rugby final, is televised live on BBC Northern Ireland. The venue for the last number of years has been Casement Park in Belfast.

Martin Clarke of Australian Rules side Collingwood produced a number of memorable displays captaining his school St Louis, Kilkeel in both 2005 and 2006.[1]

The current holders are St Colman's College, Newry beating St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon in the 2011 final by 2-09 to 2-08, in the process extending to 19 their record haul of victories.

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Roll of honour

Rank Team Titles Winning Years
1 St Colman's College, Newry 19 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2010, 2011
2 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh 14 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1953, 2000
3 St Patrick's, Maghera 12 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003
4 St. Patrick's Cavan 11 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1972
5 St. Macartan's, Monaghan 9 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1940, 1942, 1952, 1956
6 Abbey CBS, Newry 5 1954, 1959, 1964, 1987, 2006
7 St. Michael's College, Enniskillen 5 1973, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002
8 St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon 5 1991, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2009
9 Omagh CBS 4 1974, 2001, 2005, 2007
10 St. Malachy's, Belfast 2 1925, 1970
St. Mary's Dundalk 2 1938, 1941
St. Columb's, Derry 2 1965, 1966
St Marys CBGS Belfast 2 1971, 1986

==Finals==[2]

Year Winner Opponent
2011 St Colman's College, Newry (19) 2-09 St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon 2-08
2010 St Colman's College, Newry (18) 1-14 Omagh CBS 1-08
2009 St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (5) Omagh CBS
2008 St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (4) St. Michael's College, Enniskillen
2007 Omagh CBS (4) St. Macartan's, Monaghan
2006 Abbey CBS, Newry (5) St Louis, Kilkeel
2005 Omagh CBS (3) St Louis, Kilkeel
2004 St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (3) St. Macartan's, Monaghan
2003 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (12) St. Mary's, Magherafelt
2002 St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (5) Omagh CBS
2001 St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (4)
Omagh CBS (2)		 (title shared, due to Foot and Mouth outbreak)
2000 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (14) St. Michael's College, Enniskillen
1999 St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (3) St Colman's College, Newry
1998 St Colman's College, Newry (17) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1997 St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (2) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1996 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (11) St. Mary's, Magherafelt
1995 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (10) St Colman's College, Newry
1994 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (9) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1993 St Colman's College, Newry (16) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1992 St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (2) St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon
1991 St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon St Colman's College, Newry
1990 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (8) St Colman's College, Newry
1989 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (7) St Colman's College, Newry
1988 St Colman's College, Newry (15) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1987 Abbey CBS, Newry (4) St Colman's College, Newry
1986 St Marys CBGS Belfast (2) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1985 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (6) St. Michael's, Lurgan
1984 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (5) St. Mary's CBS, Belfast
1983 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (4) Abbey CBS, Newry
1982 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (3) Abbey CBS, Newry
1981 St Colman's College, Newry (14) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1980 St. Patrick's College, Maghera (2) Abbey CBS, Newry
1979 St Colman's College, Newry (13) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1978 St Colman's College, Newry (12) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1977 St. Patrick's College, Maghera Abbey CBS, Newry
1976 St Colman's College, Newry (11) St. Patrick's College, Maghera
1975 St Colman's College, Newry (10) St. Patrick's, Cavan
1974 Omagh CBS St. Michael's, Enniskillen
1973 St. Michael's, Enniskillen Omagh CBS
1972 St. Patrick's, Cavan (11) Abbey CBS, Newry
1971 St. Mary's CBS, Belfast Abbey CBS
1970 St. Malachy's, Belfast (2) St. Michael's, Enniskillen
1969 St Colman's College, Newry (9) St. Michael's, Enniskillen
1968 St Colman's College, Newry (8) St. Michael's, Enniskillen
1967 St Colman's College, Newry (7) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1966 St. Columb's, Derry (2) St. Patrick's, Downpatrick
1965 St. Columb's, Derry St. Michael's, Enniskillen
1964 Abbey CBS (3) St. Patrick's, Cavan
1963 St Colman's College, Newry (6) St. Patrick's, Cavan
1962 S t. Patrick's, Cavan (10) Abbey CBS
1961 St. Patrick's, Cavan (9) St. Eunan's, Letterkenny
1960 St Colman's College, Newry (5) St. Patrick's, Cavan
1959 Abbey CBS (2) St. Eunan's, Letterkenny
1958 St Colman's College, Newry (4) St. Patrick's, Cavan
1957 St Colman's College, Newry (3) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1956 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (9) St. Eunan's, Letterkenny
1955 St. Patrick's, Cavan (8) St. Malachy's, Belfast
1954 Abbey CBS St. Patrick's, Cavan
1953 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (13) St. Macartan's, Monaghan
1952 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (8) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1951 St. Patrick's, Cavan (7) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1950 St Colman's College, Newry (2) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1949 St Colman's College, Newry St. Malachy's, Belfast
1948 St. Patrick's, Cavan (6) St. Malachy's, Belfast
1947 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (12) Abbey CBS
1946 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (11) St. Mary's Dundalk
1945 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (10) St Colman's College, Newry
1944 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (9) Abbey CBS
1943 St. Patrick's, Cavan (5) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1942 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (7) St. Patrick's, Cavan
1941 St. Mary's Dundalk (2) St. Patrick's, Cavan
1940 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (6) St. Mary's Dundalk
1939 St. Patrick's, Cavan (4) St. Mary's Dundalk
1938 St. Mary's Dundalk St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1937 St. Patrick's, Cavan (3) St. Mary's Dundalk
1936 St. Patrick's, Cavan (2) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1935 St. Patrick's, Cavan Monaghan CBS
1934 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (5) St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
1933 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (4)  ?
1932 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (3)  ?
1931 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (8)  ?
1930 St. Macartan's, Monaghan (2)  ?
1929 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (7)  ?
1928 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (6)  ?
1927 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (5)  ?
1926 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (4)  ?
1925 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (3)
St. Macartan's, Monaghan
St. Malachy's, Belfast		 (title shared)
1924 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (2)  ?
1923 St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh  ?

Longest streaks

Team Streak Years
St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh 7 1923–1929
St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh 4 1944–1947

See also

References

  1. ^ Steven McVeigh. Mourne Spirit Triumphs as St Louis Lose out on MacRory Title. St Louis Grammar School. http://www.stlouis.org.uk/news/macrory/2004_2005/matchreport.asp 
  2. ^ BBC Sport (5 February 2003). "MacRory Cup Winners". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/2729625.stm. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 

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